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resources to produce health
MODULE 2: HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
System – an arrangement of parts and
interconnection for a purpose.
HEALTH SYSTEM
Roemer 1991 – combination of resources,
organization, financing, and management
that culminate in the delivery of health
services to the population
WHO 2000 – all the organization and
resources that devoted to producing health
actions
GOALS AND FUNCTIONS OF HEALTH
SYSTEM
3 Goals of Health System
1. Improving the health of population
o Strive the equity in health
2. Improving the responsiveness of the
health system to the population it
serves
o Quality, accessible, and cost
effective health services
3. Fairness in financial contribution
o Families are protected from
financial catastrophe from health
care expenditure.
4 Functions of Health System
1. Health Service Provision –
preventive, clinical, restorative,
palliative care service to improve
health
2. Health Service Inputs/ Resource
Generation – management of
intervention
3. Stewardship – overall system
oversight
4. Health Financing – raising and
pooling resources to pay for health
services
a. Revenue Collection
b. Risk Pooling
b.1. Bismarck Model
b.2. Beveridge Model
HEALTH FINANCING
REVENUE COLLECTION
o Collected from the payments of
health services
Taxation ( Sin tax )
o Out of payment payroll
contribution
RISK POOLING
Bismarck Model – Sickness fund is paid by
employees and employers
Beveridge Pooling – Health Services is paid
by the government through tax payment
WHO HEALTH SYSTEM FRAMEWORK
WHO HEALTH SYSTEM FRAMEWORK
• SERVICE DELIVERY – Delivery of
quality accessible, and safe
services.
• HEALTH WORKFORCE – Human
Resource Management
• HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM
– Production, analysis,
dissemination, and use of timely
and reliable information
• MEDICAL PRODUCTS – Ensure
equitable access, assured quality
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and cost-effective medical
products
• FINANCING – Funds are
adequate to protect people from
financial burdens and promote
accessibility of services
• LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE
- Ensures strategic policies,
oversight, accountability and
building partnerships
PHILIPPINE HEALTH SYSTEM
1970: Primary Health Care for All
o Developed a largely centralized
government-funded and
operated health care system.
1979: Adoption of Primary Health Care
o Promoted participatory
management of the local health
care system.
1982: Reorganization of DOH
o Integrated public health and
hospital services
1986: Milk Code 1986
o Prevention and nutrition to
promote breastfeeding.
1988: The Generics Act
o Prescriptions are written using
the generic name of the drug in
an attempt to lower expenditure
on drugs by promoting and
purchasing non-branded
medicines
1991: RA 7160 "Local Government Code"
o Transfer of responsibility of
health service provisions to the
local government units.
1995: National Health Insurance Act
o Aims to provide all citizens a
mechanism for financial
protection with priority given to
the poor.
1996: Health Sector Reform
Agenda
o Major organizational
restructuring of the DOH I
improve the way health
care is delivered,
regulated, and financed.
2005: FOURmula One (F1) for
Health
o Adoption of operational
framework to undertake
reforms with speed,
precision, and effective
coordination.
2008: RA 9502 "Access to Cheaper
and Quality Medicines Act"
o Promotes and ensures
access to affordable
quality drugs and
medicines for all.
2010: AO 2010-0036 "Kalusugang
Pangkalahatan"
o Universal health coverage
and access to quality
health care for all Filipinos
2013: Sin Taxes for Health
o Generating extra revenue
for the Department of
Health by discouraging
harmful consumption of
alcohol and tobacco.
2019: Universal Health Care Law
o Enrolling all Filipino
citizens automatically in
the National Health
Insurance Program
administered by
PhilHealth. All Filipinos
are guaranteed equitable
access to quality and
affordable health care
services
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o Population and individual level

LEADERSHIP & GOVERNANCE
Local Government Code in 1991, led to dual
Governance in health, with the DOH
governing at the national level and the LGUs
at the subnational level.
DOH FUNCTIONS
o Develop national plans or
Guidelines on health.
o Licensing hospitals, laboratories
and other health facilities through
HFSRB, and health products
through FDA
o Coordinates Government, private
sector and development partner
assistance on health and
leverages funds for improved
health performance.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT FUNCTIONS
o Delivery and management of
health services
o preventive, promotive, curative,
rehabilitative, and palliative care
interventions for all life stages that
promote health and wellness,
prevent and treat the triple burden
of disease, delay complications,
facilitate rehabilitation, and provide
palliation
o Access to health interventions
through functional Service Delivery
Networks (SDNs)
o Financial risk protection when
accessing these interventions
through Universal Health Insurance
THE PHILIPPINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2017-
2022
o First of the 4 key medium term plans
to translate the vision and
aspirations for the Filipinos and the
country
NEDA AMBISYON NATIN 2040
o Collective long-term plan which
envisions a better life for Filipinos
and the country in the next 25 years
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 2030
o Compilation of 17 development
goals that targets to end poverty,
fight inequality and injustice, and
confront issues involving climate
change and its effects

DIRECTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH

SECTOR

THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH AGENDA (DOH AO

2016-0038)
o “All for health towards health for all”
rally point for its vision of a healthy
philippines by 2022
o Expanded the scope of UHC
directions though a whole-of-
government approach